Cricket returned to Pakistan as Sri Lanka took on the hostsin the second ODI at Karachi. There were elaborate security put in place by PCBas has been the case in the all the recent series held in the country. PCB havearranged stringent security measures for the Sri Lankan team, with 2,000security personnel in and around teams’ hotels and stadium. A crowd of 12,000came to watch the return of ODI cricket to their city, weathering heat andvarious security check-posts, using special shuttles to reach the Nationalstadium.

Such were the arrangements that there was an apparent‘curfew-like’ situation in Karachi where all the ODIs have been scheduled totake place. Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir shared a video of the sameon his Twitter account which seems to have been recorded by a Pakistan citizen.

 “Itna Kashmir kiya keKarachi bhool gaye,” tweeted Gambhir as he shared the video where two peopleare taking a jibe at the level of security that has been deployed for the SriLanka series. Over 20 vehicles accompanied the Sri Lankan team as they wereheading to the National Stadium in Karachi for the second ODI on Monday.